|
Corporate Relations at Purdue - News Archive
Back to Corporate Relations HOME
ExxonMobil Provides $2 Million in Grants to 85 Universities for Academic Programs - $77,500 given to Purdue
October 16, 2008
ExxonMobil Corporation announced recently that $2 million has been contributed in departmental grants to 85 colleges and universities throughout the country to support various academic programs. Through this program, Purdue University received $77,500 from ExxonMobil in October 2008.
The grants allow selected academic departments to allocate the money for various educational purposes including scholarships, field trips, visiting speakers, equipment purchases, student and faculty travel to academic-related activities, and other educational projects. ExxonMobil awards the grants based on schools that offer degrees in subjects from which it recruits employees.
“Supporting higher education has always been a strong priority for ExxonMobil” said Tom Marcotte, Global Recruiting Manager, ExxonMobil. “This program enables us to provide funding to colleges and universities who play a pivotal role in preparing students to enter the workforce. ExxonMobil is proud to provide support to Purdue University, which will help to enhance departments whose academic focus aligns with the workforce needs of ExxonMobil.”
The Departmental Grants Program represents only a portion of ExxonMobil’s overall support of education. In 2007, ExxonMobil Foundation, ExxonMobil Corporation, and its divisions and affiliates provided $70 million in contributions to educational initiatives worldwide. During the academic year 2007-08 ExxonMobil contributed over $197,000 to Purdue with an additional $342,000 in matching gifts.
Purdue University greatly appreciates ExxonMobil’s ongoing support. We’re very proud to join with ExxonMobil to ensure the Access & Success of more young people and we recognize them as one of our key corporate partners.
To learn more about ExxonMobil Corporate Citizenship, click here.

Corporate Citizenship and Employee Generosity
August 20, 2008
ExxonMobil presented a check to Purdue University in the amount of $326,669. Dick Grabham (BS Chem. Eng. 1970), Global Vice President, Polypropylene at ExxonMobil, presented the check to Murray Blackwelder, Purdue’s Senior Vice President for Advancement. The remarkable part about this gift is that it was initiated by the generous and devoted ExxonMobil employees – nearly 250 loyal alumni and friends of Purdue.
ExxonMobil employees, retirees, and their families make a habit of contributing their own time and money to charitable organizations. In 2007, this group personally donated $32.8 million through company-sponsored matching gift, disaster relief, and employee-giving programs. Initiated in 1962, the U.S. Educational Matching Gifts Program provides a phenomenal 3-to-1 matching gift rate for ExxonMobil employees and retirees who donate to higher education through the ExxonMobil Foundation.
At ExxonMobil, the commitment to corporate citizenship is taken seriously. They apply the same consistency, discipline, and ingenuity in meeting their social obligations as they do in managing their business. ExxonMobil employees are expected to integrate corporate citizenship into their work-related activities and decision-making processes and are encouraged at all levels to get involved, by making financial contributions and volunteering their time and services.
When combined with corporate donations, ExxonMobil, together with its employees and retirees, contributed $206.6 million to community investments around the world. In addition, 15,300 ExxonMobil employees, retirees, and family members worldwide donated more than 686,000 volunteer hours to more than 5,400 charitable organizations in 29 countries through company-sponsored volunteer programs.
Purdue University is extremely grateful for our longstanding relationship with ExxonMobil and their employees. We very much appreciate the past support and look forward to finding new ways to work together in the future.
To learn more about ExxonMobil Corporate Citizenship, click here.
Cummins, Inc. – A Global Company Involved with a Global University
June 11, 2008
Cummins Inc., a multinational Fortune 250 company that manufactures, sells and services diesel engines, power generation equipment and related components and technologies, retains strong ties to its Indiana home, where it employs nearly 6,000 people – including a large number of Purdue graduates.
In keeping with its commitment to education and corporate responsibility, Cummins contributed nearly $2 million to Purdue University to be used to further research efforts, sponsor programs including the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative, assist student organizations, and fund a professorship and graduate assistantship at Purdue.
Funds were also earmarked for the Cummins Power Laboratory, which will be part of a new Ray W. Herrick Laboratory. The new laboratory structure will provide faculty and students the necessary space to expand leading-edge research on engine controls, emissions, electro-hydraulic, and electro-mechanical systems. The new laboratories will be uniquely suited for research on environmental problems such as air pollution, traffic noise, and global warming, and in the development of “smart” equipment and systems that detect and respond to changes in systems, the environment, and occupant’s needs.
Cummins has enjoyed record financial success in each of the past four years and has seen its global presence and workforce grow considerably during that time. The Company is poised for even more growth in the near future, with numerous expansion projects and new product launches planned as Cummins works to maintain its standing as a global leader in diesel engine and emissions technology.
Especially gratifying to the Company is that fact that Cummins has been able to achieve these results while remaining true to its core values of ethical business behavior and corporate responsibility as expressed in its Code of Business Conduct. The Company, which recently was named among the “most ethical companies in the world” by the Ethisphere Institute, prides itself on operating under a set of values that emphasize integrity, innovation, delivering superior results, corporate responsibility, diversity, and global involvement.
The Company’s corporate vision is to “make people’s lives better by unleashing the power of Cummins,” and that power is demonstrated through Cummins’ commitment to Purdue, its programs and its students. That continued support is greatly appreciated by the faculty, students, and staff and helps ensure that Purdue students are well prepared to take their places in a truly global business world.
Purdue University is very grateful to Cummins Inc. for their partnership and commitment. We look forward to continuing and enhancing our collaborations in the future.
Eli Lilly and Company – Partnership with Purdue Yields Progress Year after Year
May 12, 2008
Eli Lilly and Company continues to show its dedication to academia through its support of student achievement initiatives and research opportunities at Purdue University. For the 2006-2007 academic year, Eli Lilly and Company generously provided funding of over $480,000 toward programs involving diversity recruitment and retention efforts, diversity enhancement opportunities, K-12 community outreach, scholarships, student traveling funds, performing arts shows, and lecture series. Donations made by Lilly’s employees were matched at a rate of one-to-one, for an additional gift contribution of nearly $84,000. Further, Lilly is a member of a consortium of companies that sponsors the Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems, with a goal of advancing pharmaceutical technology and manufacturing throughout the world.
In addition to the traditional forms of support discussed above, Lilly and Purdue have partnered in a novel relationship aimed at combating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) around the world. Lilly donated the intellectual property as well as equipment and supplies for an antibiotic known as Seromycin® to the Chao Center, part of the Purdue Research Foundation. Lilly also provided associated analytical, regulatory, quality and technical support. The Chao Center will make the prescription drug available to pharmaceutical wholesalers in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands for distribution to pharmacies. The Purdue partnership is part of a $135 million effort by Lilly to combat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis around the world. In addition to contributing to the fight against MDR-TB, the agreement gives Purdue pharmaceutical sciences students the opportunity to work at the Chao Center and learn how to produce drugs under the strict guidelines set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. When they graduate, they then have the advanced skills that are needed for the pharmaceutical sector, which is a focus area for the Indiana economy.
Philanthropy and community service are long-standing traditions at Eli Lilly and Company. For more than a century, Lilly has been building upon the founding Lilly family’s commitment to the philosophy of good corporate citizenship and in 1968 established the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, Inc., to award cash grants to support philanthropic initiatives that improve patient outcomes, enhance the quality of life in communities in which Lilly has a presence, and improve education and educational opportunities. In each of these areas, the Lilly Foundation places special emphasis on programs that address diversity.
Purdue University is proud to partner with Lilly in all of the areas mentioned above and those to come in the future. We offer sincere thanks to Eli Lilly and Company for their confidence in and support of our programs, and we are grateful for the opportunity to present opportunities to today’s students, which will pave the way for future generations of students to succeed.
|